so from-- where did the musical, you know, concept come from, if you're motivated by dick gregory? dick gregory was a speaker. he was a man who organized movements. why did you do it through music? well, my earliest recollection of music is always in my household. my mother listened to motown, stax, atlantic, from roberta flack, aretha franklin, stevie wonder, you know. "chuck, do your chores." and you've got music playing, just, you know, seeping into your bloodstream and ear stream. and my father liked jazz here and there. but i was mainly into sports. i was into the organization of sports, and a lot of black folks made strong inroads into sports, and that captivated my interests. and the whole hip-hop thing that hit me in the middle of the 1970s got me into the music, because it was the technical aspect of it. technology. two turntables, a mixer, a microphone. i was totally confused. i was like, "why do they need two turntables? in case the one over there breaks down?" [laughter] "this person is very prepared." but that struck me as being, you know, something to get involved wit

the secret service pulled out the plastic handcuffs and started making arrests of the clooneys, dick gregory and martin luther king the third. the group were in custody at a local police lockup before paying small fines. >> what we are trying to achieve today, bring attention to an on going emergency, one that has about a six week timetable before the rainy season starts and a lot of people are going to die from it. >> reporter: the embassy of sudan released a statement saying clooney and the others have it all wrong. the problem, the embassy says is a vicious rebellion requiring north sudan to take aggressive efforts against the rebels. george clooney spent several hours in custody on the misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct. he spade a small fine and was released. being arrested for the first time in his life was somewhat humiliating. >> thank you. >>> john henrehan released a short documentary about the crisis in sudan. take a look. >> this isn't a war about retaliation. this is trying to clear people out ethnically because of the color of their skin. >> he spent time in sudan before

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. >> i have to tell you, just looking back and seeing 79-year-old dick gregory, i first met him in high school. he came to our community to speak. so all things come around. one little personal points, chris cillizza, the d.c. police handled it well. they were under the orders of the embassy. they have to arrest if someone gets to the steps. i came up behind the speakers and was standing on the steps and the police officer came to me and said, do you plan to be arrested? are you trying get arrested? and i said to the contrary, no, and they said you have to step down on the sidewalk. they were warning. but when the third warning comes anyone standing where you are, you are going to be arrested. >> i would hold the signs saying free andrea. >> that is not my intention to get arrested. but they are a few blocks from here, we expect them to be out, we will see them later today. there's a point to be made here, ann curry, we are sitting here comfortably in the studio, it's ann curry that goes to the region and has of course been with george clooney and we will shore more of -- and we will sh

thinking about how 47 years ago martin's father, martin luther king and reverend joseph lowry and dick gregoryed against great danger. they marched where they didn't know whether they'd be beaten or even killed. and some were. goodman, cheney and swerna. we marched today. we marched this week with state troopers protecting us. we

thinking about how 47 years ago martin's father, martin luther king and reverend joseph lowry and dick gregoryed against great danger. they marched where they didn't know whether they'd be beaten or even killed. and some were. goodman, cheney and swerna. we marched today. we marched this week with state troopers protecting us. we marched with an african-american as president. with a catholic white male as vice president. with a woman as secretary of state. it shows we can win. it shows america can do better. we don't

dick gregory titled his first autobiographyog nigger.then richard pryor that nigger is crazy and bicentennial nigger. using the term and racist.ig >> host: when you decided to write the book 2002, what ats the reaction from colleagues, publishers, harv ard law? >> guest: i got a veryst: strong reaction. much positive but a lot ofction, negative reaction.o i s continue to get positive titlnegative reactions. some people took offense at the title. exploiting this term by putting it right there in the title, right there on the cover of a book that would appear in your book stores all across america. and what i said to people was -- and i still say -- and i say this unapologetically -- if you write a book you want people to read your book. there are thousands of books in any book store. there are hundreds of thousands of books in any big library, and you got a lot of competition. the first thing you want to do, if you're an author, is to at least have somebody pick up the book. and so when i was thinking of a title issue thousand what i can

dick gregory titled his first autobiography, "nigger "an autobiography." and richard pryor with two great albums, "that nigger is crazy" and bicentennial nigger." >> host: when you wrote the book, it was published in 2002. what reaction did you get? >> host: when i do. >> guest: when i wrote the book i got a lot of reaction, some positive and some negative. and continue to get some positive reactions and negative reactions. some people took real offense at the title. if there was one aspect of the book that probably got me the most negative reaction was people who complained about the title, and who thought that i was being sensationalist, i was exploiting this term by putting it right there in the title, right there on the cover of a book that would appear in your book stores all across america. and what i said to people was -- and i still say -- and i say this unapologetically -- if you write a book you want people to read your book. there are thousands of books in any book store. there are hundreds of thousands of books in any big library, and you got a

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. >> caller: did you hear dick gregory speaking? because if he was so close to his home why didn't the father come out. why didn't anybody know he was shot. he was also kept for three days without anybody -- his family being notified. >> stephanie: that's right. i know. there's -- by the way, i heard from a lawyer that said that it is not really smart for him to have his friends on it -- zimmerman having his friends on tv. because like you said, jim, a lot of that is unsubstantiated. it is trying to get information out there. he may or may not be provable. >> this new lawyer of zimmerman's probably ordered people to do this just to throw chum in the water. >> stephanie: casey in ft. lauderdale. hey. >> caller: hey, gang. i'm a little split. i got three points i want to make. first, i'm against the nra. they need to be -- i don't mean shut down but they need to be regulated. these laws they come up with are crazy. >> stephanie: by the way, if you watch turks, he was talking about it is bigger than that, casey. there is this whole --

dick gregory titled his first autobiography, "nigger "an autobiography." and richard pryor with two great albums, "that nigger is crazy" and bicentennial nigger." >> host: when you wrote the book, it was published in 2002. what reaction did you get? >> host: when i do. >> guest: when i wrote the book i got a lot of reaction, some positive and some negative. and continue to get some positive reactions and negative reactions. some people took real offense at the title. if there was one aspect of the book that probably got me the most negative reaction was people who complained about the title, and who thought that i was being sensationalist, i was exploiting this term by putting it right there in the title, right there on the cover of a book that would appear in your book stores all across america. and what i said to people was -- and i still say -- and i say this unapologetically -- if you write a book you want people to read your book. there are thousands of books in any book store. there are hundreds of thousands of books in any big library, and you got a

dick gregory titled his first autobiography "n" word -- nigger:an autobiography. richard pryor had two great albums, bicentennial nigger. using the term in anti racist ways. ironically. >> host: the book was published in 2002. was the reaction you got from colleagues and publishers? >> guest: when i wrote that book i got a strong reaction. much of it positive. but also i got a lot of negative reaction. and i continue to get positive reaction and negative reaction some people took real offense at the title. if there was one aspect of the book that probably got me the most negative reaction was people who complained about the title and who thought that i was being sensationalist, fought by was exploiting this term by putting it right there in the title. right there on the cover of a book that appears in bookstores all across america. what i said to people was -- i say this unapologetically, you want people to read your book. there are thousands of books in any book store. there are hundreds of thousands of books in any big library. you get a lot of competition. the

president of transafrica forum, fay williams, chair of the national congress of black women, activist dick gregory, rabbis david sapperstein and steve gahough. and ian schwab with the american jewish world service. we had a simple message. let food and humanitarian aid reach the suffering people of blue nile. stop raping, killing, and bombing innocent women, children, and men. i commend the obama administration for pressuring khartoum to let food reach these desperate people. more must be done. i urge the president to engage china to also demand unfettered access for human aaron aid. madam speaker, the world must increase the pressure on president bashir or watch another crime against humanity take place in sudan. we must not be silent. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the lady from california, ms. speier, for five minutes. 7 -- ms. speier: thank you, madam speaker. i rise again today to highlight the epidemic of rape and sexual assault in the military. this is the 17th time that i stood here on the house floor to tell the story of a brave member of our military

we cannot just get mad because as dick gregory says, when we get angry, plain old angkor can consumend destroy us. if we are on the same team, there is some things we must do immediately. we cannot just get mad at old tricky rikki. we cannot get mad at the other people in the race. you know they are. everything that they said is something we've got to listen to because somehow it is connected to preventing women from doing something. it is against our interests. some of the poverty things you have heard -- instead of getting to is planned all angry, every time somebody comes on and says something crazy, go and register another friend, somebody who has not made it to register yet, somebody who did not get a chance to vote before, somebody who did not have the money to go and find that birth certificate, somebody who does not know where the court as is or where they register to vote. let's make our anchor mean something if we are really on the same team. let's put our dollar is where our mouths are instead of pushing somebody out, let's go and spend a dollar that people like elizabeth

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